The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-07-01

BIZ MRS. ELLA BESTLY.

before the Lake Charles Press Con
ton
When the re ding multitud,
shake out the folds ot the daily ma
per ut their early breakfast iahl.
and settle themselves to imtibr
certain amount of mental nabulnn
=. win their matutinal tea or cof4ee
does II ever occur TO them tb. /. ho,
devoted towards p~erfectins ana
completing the sheet they 50 care.
lesSIy regards
hours before, while they wen
Wooing the drowsy god, held in the
embrace oil natures sweet rrstor.
ct, D editor labored that they
might read.
Inc grandest T~heispian artist
who fumes and struts upon a Gilt.
teflng stage; the renowned orator
who holds bis audience spell bound
Tlfh "words that burn aud thoughts
that glow the eminent divine who
paints bis listening congregation a
realistic hell, have never so WIDE.
spread and attentive au audience
as the editor.
III palatial MANSIONS. where luxu.
ry aud wealth lay graded: the
Sums ofinfamy, where degradation
u pestlience abide; the cityts
teeming mart, the conntry's peace.
through his papers columns the
voice OF the editor falls on the ears
OF listening thousands,
The trials of journalism are prob.
ABLY greater 10 the country editor
tnan TO bis brethren III the CITY.
"ho WELD an ~undisputed swav over
u skilled force OF capable workmen.
o The perfection OF mans mechan.
zeal genius. The country editor is !
generally a practical printer. aud [
o1ten MS " reporter, job worker
o pressman, having, AS a rule, a r
less partisan public than his &
metropolitan confrere, a public who q
expect a quarter column puff. with h
a copy OF the paper thrown in, for
a basket OF spring vegetables. Day d.
ailer daY lie clips, writes, com :,
piles, pastes land what a volume of :;
vile jokes have been launched AT Il
this d%etenseless paste-potl; week =,
DIS handiwOrk aud brain. work visit q,
the same homes; year after year he q,
makes his mild plant at irrespou. =,
slve Subscribers. Personal trouble :,
must q no difference in his dnty. ~
Does a loved one lie at home listen. y,
ing with a :hrobbing heart for the =,
'eientlesS iootstep of the dark Angel II,
Death TO trial and Suffering aud ~
'adHess abide within his door. he ~
must still labor, ''set upn a Joke -
'een only through "A mist of tears. =
md wTite congratulations on the %
lew blooming of some little earthly 80
lower, when mayhap one of his own y,
Iweet blossoms has been but lately e.
'lucked to adoTn the garden of the ~
,ods. an
he must be well Informed in all sli
pertaining to agricultural tri
nd mineral products of the conn. lie,
~ an oracle on horse racing. AZ
ase ball and field sports generally "
~ nice things whenever called I'M. bal
and bear Il maximum of every. nre
ody's burden of trouble with ONLY hi
minimum OF their pleasul es ; com. Pr,
a slnhtterlng OF arts, sciences. has
roteSSlohs' trades and callings in, sys
one ~Stupendous whole, aud there ma
ahds confessed-The Country Ed. ho,
~
HIS place is one of serious re. eloC
possibility and grave duty-his hea
aper the medium of unfolding No,
orals aud exposing iniqnitv; by the
-rtue OF his position AS keyStone prol
tue arch OF a community. he must erie
constitute himself n upb men
prosecutor and decry the lax that
lal OF a hardened malefactor. IN A
a 1rm stand when the couvic oro
OF Il caiprit will be but the i'm Pre-,
clal recruiting OF the ranks of him
lmltlals. He must accnstom him euio,
70 dealing with human uaturp men
enouSh 10 were a doubtful drug new
u ne a chemist, aud get used TO knov
with people who de excb
re That charity begins at home stafa
Q act as it they let it eud there from
self {
~" Wuch OIL knowledge, litera putt
{, science, etc, would be forever er,n
AuoWh 10 the dwellers ia obscure highl
ages, did not the country editor ed, "
such solid chunks of Intorma OF ia,
IRON out the terra incoonita of there
metropolitan dailies, and urc. struc
tnem, concentrated, with oriu Gus,
auuenua' 10 his fellow towns. instei
ior tue modest stipend of so a press
7, payable in advance" webs.
lis working moments are in and o
geo upon by lady agents and Ichab
ren lar collectors ad libitum. An,
look like back numbers of am ly suf
u history, aud take 10 brgoins "best
ldIOrally as If II were their orig aud I,
stu which had never been elm. lives
ed by baptism. up !
nat wonder il his once q, IN night
per VIII sometimes show "A frav patleI
uge, as though the salvage hal tue oil
~ away under a cnntiuuaIsttau ever
TOO well be knows thar seed ,
iig the rank aud Gle of his read. Gus OF
luefe are constantly eulisting OF an
Ulcers, who are ANYTHING huf reap l
nisherss who snper NJ his where
I Traders, look solemnl, to trOI
re over his Efr.~ 80. 49, NJ r.~f